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OBELISING
Definition of OBELISING
verb
present participle and gerund of obelise
OBELIZE · via obelise
verb
To mark (a written or printed passage) with an obelus; to judge as spurious or doubtful.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, OBELISE · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OBELISING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 52 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OBELISING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BEGIILNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OBELIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found OBELISING?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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